It's time to depart from Sludianka. On the platform of the station, we leave regretfully the fake 'mayor'. He is very moved when we give him a round of applause and offer him a bottle of whiskey. We just have a 6 hour journey to reach Ulan-Ude. After the 60 hour ride over west-Siberia, this seems almost like taking a suburb train. Iris and Natasha, whose film is to be shot only by night, decide to stay on the train beyond Ulan-Ude and to come back in town the next morning.
They had to give few notes to the provodnitsa so she accepts them on the train without tickets. Did anyone mention bribing in Russia? Of course the provodnitsa doesn't deliver any invoice for that. And neither do the babouchkas when they sell products from their farms on the platforms. It's getting difficult to keep a proper accountancy of the workshop. Hopefully, our supporters from public institutions will be comprehensive.
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